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Why games like Animal Crossing are the new social media of the coronavirus era https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/16/999944/coronavirus-animal-crossing-video-games-social-media/

Model quantifies the impact of quarantine measures on Covid-19’s spread http://news.mit.edu/2020/new-model-quantifies-impact-quarantine-measures-covid-19-spread-0416

How Bubonic Plague Has Helped Russia Fight the Coronavirus https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/world/europe/coronavirus-plague-russia-soviet-union.html

Rio começa a usar drone com alto-falantes para dispersar aglomerações https://saude.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,rio-comeca-a-usar-drone-com-alto-falantes-para-dispersar-aglomeracoes,70003271635

‘Drone Falante’ da Prefeitura faz alerta em locais com aglomerações no Rio https://tv.estadao.com.br/cidades,drone-falante-da-prefeitura-faz-alerta-em-locais-com-aglomeracoes-no-rio,1089422

Liechtenstein rolls out radical Covid-19 bracelet programme https://www.ft.com/content/06b7e6f3-a725-4eda-9153-e0af48040e30

Using Drones to Monitor Social Distancing is Now a Thing – is That Creepy? https://dronelife.com/2020/04/14/using-drones-to-monitor-social-distancing-is-now-a-thing-is-that-creepy/

Jack Dorsey, Bill Gates And At Least 75 Other Billionaires Donating To Pandemic Relief https://www.forbes.com/sites/hayleycuccinello/2020/04/15/jack-dorsey-bill-gates-and-at-least-75-other-billionaires-donating-to-pandemic-relief/#19bb068621bd

Scientists discover six new coronaviruses in bats (Update) https://phys.org/news/2020-04-scientists-coronaviruses.html

Fordlândia foi sonho utópico no coração da Amazônia https://jornaldocarro.estadao.com.br/fanaticos/fordlandia-utopia-amazonia/

COVID-19 & Complex Time in Biology & Economics with David Krakauer https://pca.st/m9zscijm

The Delightful Mutation Behind Siamese Cats https://youtu.be/uHC1XTF6b58

Why Gooey Creatures Might Outlast Us All https://youtu.be/VweIYtkAKXs

Chafing Against Regulation, Silicon Valley Pivots to Pandemic https://www.wired.com/story/chafing-against-regulation-silicon-valley-pivots-to-pandemic/

Where the Very Rich Fly to Hide https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/opinion/jackson-hole-coronavirus.html

Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/doomsday-prep-for-the-super-rich

Bispo evangélico morre por coronavírus no Chile após culto com 300 pessoas https://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,bispo-evangelico-morre-por-coronavirus-no-chile-apos-culto-com-300-pessoas,70003271956

Ultra-Orthodox Enclave in Israel Opens to Outsiders to Fight a Virus https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/world/middleeast/virus-israel-Orthodox-Bnei-Brak.html

Aldous Huxley to George Orwell: My Hellish Vision of the Future is Better Than Yours (1949) http://www.openculture.com/2018/08/aldous-huxley-george-orwell-hellish-vision-future-better-1949.html

Illuminating Biodiversity of the Ningaloo Canyons – ROV 4K Highlights- FK200308 https://youtu.be/e_PyW3XHrw0

The Huge Cost of Waiting to Contain the Pandemic https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/opinion/covid-social-distancing.html

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Finally We May Have a Path to the Fundamental Theory of Physics…
and It’s Beautiful https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2020/04/finally-we-may-have-a-path-to-the-fundamental-theory-of-physics-and-its-beautiful/

Could Crispr Be Humanity’s Next Virus Killer? https://www.wired.com/story/could-crispr-be-the-next-virus-killer/

Long-term spaceflight could permanently increase astronaut brain volume, study says https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/14/health/astronaut-brain-volume-changes-wellness-scn/index.html

Research team develops new CRISPR diagnostic test https://phys.org/news/2020-04-team-crispr-diagnostic.html

Israeli Archaeologists Solve Mystery of Prehistoric Stone Balls https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-israeli-archaeologists-solve-mystery-of-prehistoric-stone-balls-1.8766225

Your Brain in Space https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/generalneurology/85964

Newly engineered enzyme can break down plastic to raw materials https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/researchers-engineer-enzyme-to-break-down-plastic-bottles/

This 3-D Simulation Shows Why Social Distancing Is So Important https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/14/science/coronavirus-transmission-cough-6-feet-ar-ul.html

Hydroxychloroquine : primum non nocere https://pca.st/mmpd9at3

Estudo com cloroquina para covid-19 é interrompido por aumento de risco de complicações cardíacas https://saude.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,estudo-com-cloroquina-para-covid-19-e-interrompido-por-aumento-de-risco-de-complicacoes-cardiacas,70003270354

Virus, il ne leur manque que la parole https://pca.st/t3o14u3e

The non-human living inside of you https://www.cshl.edu/the-non-human-living-inside-of-you/

Réactivation, rechute, réinfection : la Covid-19 peut-elle revenir ? https://pca.st/zvdasu4v

Hype, Smoke and Mirrors, with Gemma Milne and Carl Miller https://pca.st/hyisysf0

Hubble – 30 anos https://www.instagram.com/p/B-9zuQCHIzf/

No one can opt out of this pandemic. And that will change us forever. https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/4/13/21213820/coronavirus-reality-tom-de-zengotita-mediated-theory-philosophy-interview

Bill Gates Says the Coronavirus Will Change Life Forever. Here’s How to Adapt https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/bill-gates-says-coronavirus-will-change-life-forever-heres-how-to-adapt.html

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Pacientes recuperados do novo coronavírus testam novamente positivo para a doença na Coreia do Sul https://saude.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,pacientes-recuperados-do-novo-coronavirus-testam-novamente-positivo-para-a-doenca-na-coreia-do-sul,70003269734

No, senator, science can’t do away with models https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/04/no-senator-science-cant-do-away-with-models/

How a Premier U.S. Drug Company Became a Virus ‘Super Spreader’ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/us/coronavirus-biogen-boston-superspreader.html

BBC Contagion The BBC Four Pandemic 2018 https://youtu.be/RmGiDUczhqQ

Crystal Balls and Coronavirus – with Hannah Fry https://pca.st/o15wpljo

How Apple and Google Are Enabling Covid-19 Contact-Tracing https://www.wired.com/story/apple-google-bluetooth-contact-tracing-covid-19/

Coronavirus: Trump berates media at jaw-dropping briefing https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52276004

“Taxa de ocupação de leitos novos em SP é de 56%” https://brpolitico.com.br/noticias/taxa-de-ocupacao-de-leitos-novos-em-sp-e-de-56/

One Way to Potentially Track Covid-19? Sewage Surveillance https://www.wired.com/story/one-way-to-potentially-track-covid-19-sewage-surveillance/

“Bolsonaro vetou uso de dados de celulares para monitorar covid-19” https://brpolitico.com.br/noticias/bolsonaro-vetou-uso-de-dados-de-celulares-para-monitorar-covid-19/

Coronavirus: Indonesian village uses ‘ghosts’ for distancing patrols https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52269607

Projeção indica índice até 12 vezes maior de casos da covid-19 no Brasil https://saude.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,projecao-indica-indice-ate-12-vezes-maior-de-casos-da-covid-19-no-brasil,70003269688

Anti-malarial drug touted by Trump was subject of CIA warning to employees https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus-cia/2020/04/13/54129d64-7dba-11ea-8013-1b6da0e4a2b7_story.html

The Global Coronavirus Crisis Is Poised to Get Much, Much Worse https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/opinion/coronavirus-cases.html

The Pandemic Has Led to a Huge, Global Drop in Air Pollution https://www.wired.com/story/the-pandemic-has-led-to-a-huge-global-drop-in-air-pollution/

The two Americas in split screen…. https://twitter.com/NickBryantNY/status/1249876226581434368

Virus, il ne leur manque que la parole https://pca.st/t3o14u3e

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‘PRECISAMOS ENTENDER QUE ESSA É UMA CRISE POLÍTICA E NÃO APENAS DE SAÚDE’ https://www.estadao.com.br/infograficos/cultura,precisamos-entender-que-essa-e-uma-crise-politica-e-nao-apenas-de-saude,1088614

Hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19: What We Know Right Now | SciShow News https://youtu.be/va6j4JITJoE

4 Ways Humans Are Still Evolving https://youtu.be/oCjAAVk7Uis

Science Advances One Funeral at a Time. The Latest Nobel Proves It https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-10/science-advances-one-funeral-at-a-time-the-latest-nobel-proves-it

America should be ready for 18 months of shutdowns in ‘long, hard road’ ahead, warns the Fed’s Neel Kashkari https://www.marketwatch.com/story/america-should-be-ready-for-18-months-of-shutdowns-in-long-hard-road-ahead-warns-the-feds-neel-kashkari-2020-04-12

S. Fred Singer, scientist and climate-change skeptic, dies at 95 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/s-fred-singer-scientist-and-climate-change-skeptic-dies-at-95/2020/04/11/e4c1f648-7b4e-11ea-b6ff-597f170df8f8_story.html

Em um mês, Brasil tem alta de 2.239 mortes por problemas respiratórios https://saude.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,em-um-mes-brasil-tem-alta-de-2239-mortes-por-problemas-respiratorios,70003268759

Itália planeja lançamento de ‘carteira de imunidade’ contra coronavírus https://internacional.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,italia-planeja-lancamento-de-carteira-de-imunidade-contra-coronavirus,70003268700

Blood tests show 14% of people are now immune to covid-19 in one town in Germany https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/09/999015/blood-tests-show-15-of-people-are-now-immune-to-covid-19-in-one-town-in-germany/

The unholy alliance of covid-19, nationalism, and climate change https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/10/998969/the-unholy-alliance-of-covid-19-nationalism-and-climate-change/

A volta do coronavírus a Singapura, país que era ‘exemplo’ no combate à doença https://g1.globo.com/bemestar/coronavirus/noticia/2020/04/12/a-volta-do-coronavirus-a-singapura-pais-que-era-exemplo-no-combate-a-doenca.ghtml

Tech Tent: Social media fights a fresh flood of fake news https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52245992

Why does President Trump want to mine on the Moon? https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-52228423

The coronavirus is no match for plain, old soap — here’s the science behind it https://www.marketwatch.com/story/deadly-viruses-are-no-match-for-plain-old-soap-heres-the-science-behind-it-2020-03-08

Why Are Some People So Much More Infectious Than Others? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/health/coronavirus-superspreader-why-infectious.html

The Dangerous History of Immunoprivilege https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/opinion/coronavirus-immunity-passports.html

Why Coronavirus Is Hitting the Black Community Hardest | The Daily Social Distancing Show https://youtu.be/DFZb2qBIrEw

The Quest for a Pandemic Pill https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/13/the-quest-for-a-pandemic-pill

Coronavirus: Why has the virus hit African Americans so hard? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52245690

An extraordinary feat pulled off by a lizard could suggest the species is going through a rare evolutionary transition https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/11/us/skink-species-evolution-transition-scn-trnd/index.html

Build Cities for Bikes, Buses, and Feet—Not Cars https://www.wired.com/story/cities-without-cars-san-francisco-jeff-tumlin/

SmartHistory – Reims Cathedral https://youtu.be/9STNgMoRXHM